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he went over there the past couple of days and just briefed john brennan, the chief anti-terror adviser, and relayed what brennan found out to him, all of the information when it comes to al qaeda has certainly gotten to more and more in front of the president anti-terrorism strategy. so it is striking some that, frankly, make sure, i know a lot of people are pointing fingers at me. this is now what we know. we know that al qaeda is once again trying to come at us. we know dennis blair, he did a director to national intelligence employees that was a little bit defensive as well. so you're almost seeing a prebuttal, because you know, lester, all of these folks are going to get called before congress in the next couple of weeks. never mind the presidential meeting on tuesday. those congressional hearings are going to get quite heated as well, lester. >> chuck todd with the president in honolulu, thank you. >>> much more on all of this tomorrow morning on "meet the press." among david gregory's defend, deputy national security adviser john brennan as well as former hs security director mic
he went over there the past couple of days and just briefed john brennan, the chief anti-terror adviser, and relayed what brennan found out to him, all of the information when it comes to al qaeda has certainly gotten to more and more in front of the president anti-terrorism strategy. so it is striking some that, frankly, make sure, i know a lot of people are pointing fingers at me. this is now what we know. we know that al qaeda is once again trying to come at us. we know dennis blair, he did...
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. >> with us live this morning, john brennan. >>> then the politics of fighting terror. republicans accuse the obama administration of letting the country's guard down by failing to treat the fight against terror as an all-out war. what more should be done to keep americans safe? are extra security measures at the airports the answer? with us, two members of the bush administration's national security team, former director of the cia, michael hayden, and former secretary of homeland security, michael chertoff. >>> finally, in this new year, a crowded inbox for the president -- terrorism, unemployment, and the final mile on health care reform. insights on what's ahead for the obama agenda with our round table. nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, "new york times" columnist david brooks, "washington post" columnist e.j. dionne, and historian doris kearns goodwin. >>> but first some news this morning. the u.s. has closed its embassy in the capital of yemen because of what officials are calling an active security threat posed by al qaeda there. the announcement one day
. >> with us live this morning, john brennan. >>> then the politics of fighting terror. republicans accuse the obama administration of letting the country's guard down by failing to treat the fight against terror as an all-out war. what more should be done to keep americans safe? are extra security measures at the airports the answer? with us, two members of the bush administration's national security team, former director of the cia, michael hayden, and former secretary of...
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and lester, john brennan, you saw him there, he's the president's top adviser on homeland security. he says that while there was no smoking gun that would have foiled that attempted bombing of the airliner on christmas morning there were enough points of information where the intelligence agencies of this country should have connected the dots. they did not. and they consider that here a failure across the board. lester? >> mike viqueira at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> and let's turn now to nbc's chuck todd, who is traveling with the president in hawaii, and our chief foern correspondent richard engel here in new york. richard, let me begin with you if i can. how and why is the nature of the al qaeda threat in yemen suddenly changing? >> the al qaeda threat in yemen is getting bigger and the militants in that country are also on the forefront of developing a new kind of strategy for al qaeda, a more do-it-yourself model. al qaeda for years has been trying to outdo 9/11, organize another massive attack that al qaeda could be proud of, if you could call it that. al qaeda in
and lester, john brennan, you saw him there, he's the president's top adviser on homeland security. he says that while there was no smoking gun that would have foiled that attempted bombing of the airliner on christmas morning there were enough points of information where the intelligence agencies of this country should have connected the dots. they did not. and they consider that here a failure across the board. lester? >> mike viqueira at the white house tonight. thank you. >>>...
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on a sunday talk show, counter- terrorism adviser john brennan admitted the intelligence issue had failed to connect a series of dots. he says the system is not broken. >> there was no piece of intelligence but said this man is a terrorist. we might have had a partial name, but there was nothing that brought it together. >> that have haunting echoes for the 9-11 commission share, who argues the delegation has been distracted by health care and other distractions. a former cia chief michael hayden says it is important -- a time for ordinary americans to make tough choices. >> what is the balance the american people want between their privacy and the security? >> the u.s. and british embassies have been ordered closed and make new evidence of kited is planning a new attack. u.s. officials -- al qaeda is planning a new attack. u.s. officials say they are not taking any chances. >> also in washington, a jogger makes a grim discovery this morning. a car frozen in the waters of rock creek with the men inside. we will have an update on his condition after the break. -- with a man inside. we will
on a sunday talk show, counter- terrorism adviser john brennan admitted the intelligence issue had failed to connect a series of dots. he says the system is not broken. >> there was no piece of intelligence but said this man is a terrorist. we might have had a partial name, but there was nothing that brought it together. >> that have haunting echoes for the 9-11 commission share, who argues the delegation has been distracted by health care and other distractions. a former cia chief...
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. >> reporter: on the sunday talk shows, white house counterterrrorism adviser, john brennan committed the nation's intelligence agencies had but failed to connect a series of dots. still, he insists the system wasn't broken. >> there was no smoking gun. we might have had a partial name but there was nothing that brought it altogether. >> reporter: that echo tom contain, who argues the obama administration has been distracted by heating care and other challenges. >> it's understandable but not acceptable. >> reporter: former cia and hsa chief michael hayden said it's time for ordinary americans to make some tough choices. >> what's the balance the american people want between their privacy and their security? >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.s. and british embassies in yemen have been ordered close amid new evidence al qaeda is planning another attack. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> there is a big chill for a big part of the nation this morning as millions of americans try and shake off a deep winter freeze. whether it's blinding snow or bone-chilling cold, january is making its m
. >> reporter: on the sunday talk shows, white house counterterrrorism adviser, john brennan committed the nation's intelligence agencies had but failed to connect a series of dots. still, he insists the system wasn't broken. >> there was no smoking gun. we might have had a partial name but there was nothing that brought it altogether. >> reporter: that echo tom contain, who argues the obama administration has been distracted by heating care and other challenges. >> it's...
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we will talk live to the president's top counterterrorism adviser this morning, john brennan. then an exclusive interview with former director of the cia, michael hayden and former secretary of homeland security, michael chertoff. it's all this morning "meet the press." >>> we want to say congratulations to april bartlett, our art director. she's engaged. new year's eve engagement. congratulations. >>> first i want to thank ron matt and janice huff. thank you both for being with us. next week when you look at food label, you know what you're reading. we're going to get to the bottom of them. >>> plus eight brave women travel to antarctica for the adventure of a lifetime. find out what they did when we meet them live. i'll see you back here for nightly news tonight. have a great day, everybody. >> coming up next, the naacp's baltimore chapter head joins us for a segment. we will speak to a local author as well. >> this morning the sun is out and it is windy and very cold. when you're living with bipolar depression... ...it's easy to feel like you're fading into the background.
we will talk live to the president's top counterterrorism adviser this morning, john brennan. then an exclusive interview with former director of the cia, michael hayden and former secretary of homeland security, michael chertoff. it's all this morning "meet the press." >>> we want to say congratulations to april bartlett, our art director. she's engaged. new year's eve engagement. congratulations. >>> first i want to thank ron matt and janice huff. thank you both...
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brennan said there's no smoking gun. but there was a whole lot of smoke, matt, that for a father to come in and say his son is involved in terrorist activities, for passengers to buy a ticket with cash and no checked luggage and international flights, i think the president has agreed that there were a lot of signals here that we should have closed up on. maybe not one smoking gun, but a whole lot of smoke. >> does someone lose his or her job over this, senator? is there someone who was so lax in responsibility that that person is out? >> i think it's a mistake to look for one person. right now, matt. the system failed is the president said. the whole reason for the homeland security agency is to make sure that the different agencies speak to each other. that apparently is not happening. the 9/11 bill that we passed in congress that was supposed to help fix this, missed the most important point. to force these agencies to talk to each other. so we need to go back to basics here. get the politics out of this. and focus on
brennan said there's no smoking gun. but there was a whole lot of smoke, matt, that for a father to come in and say his son is involved in terrorist activities, for passengers to buy a ticket with cash and no checked luggage and international flights, i think the president has agreed that there were a lot of signals here that we should have closed up on. maybe not one smoking gun, but a whole lot of smoke. >> does someone lose his or her job over this, senator? is there someone who was so...